When I was single with no kids, no mortgage and just a ~$35k student loan at under 4%… it wasn’t too hard to plow a ton of money into a 401(k) out of college. That flexibility hides a lot of mistakes. With a decade of time, some wild swings in the stock market, and zero […]

Microsaving apps like Digit, Dobot, and others have become increasingly popular recently. One of the newest entrants to the fray is Rize. Rize is different than the others for a variety of reasons… and we’re going to learn about those reasons today. How It Works Rize helps you save by automatically moving money from your […]

We spent about a month visiting our friends in England and one of the things they love is HelloFresh. They work long hours and so finding time to go grocery shopping is difficult. Rather than default to ordering take away (and they have this fantastic Thai place in the back of a pub about five […]

Imagine that there’s a professional investment management service that will manage a very small portfolio, and do so at a fraction of what it will cost to hire a traditional human investment manager? What you’ve described is known as a robo-advisor and Betterment was one of the first in the industry. The platform will create […]

Have you heard of Swagbucks? If you’re here, you probably want to learn more about them. It’s consistently one of the most popular programs on our list of sites to make extra money and I wanted to do a deeper dive into them. I first learned about Swagbucks after meeting with some of their folks […]

My parents are the funniest cell phone users. They both have phones but they rarely use them. On a recent visit home, my dad was picking us up from the airport and left his cell phone at home. Fortunately, MacArthur Airport (located in Islip, New York) is so small that he just drove by when […]

As a parent to two young kids, I’ve started thinking about the best way for us to teach them good money skills. They’re 5 and 3, so we’ve only recently been able to head above water and started thinking less about sleep and more about how to be more proactive. We’ve already seen the good […]

I’ve always been fascinated with the idea of owning real estate outside of our primary residence. Most people stumble into it when they move from one home to another, renting out their first home to generate a side income. When we moved, I did some research and while it was possible to generate a little […]

Roboadvisors are extremely popular these days. The value proposition is very clear – pay less in fees, get the same performance. The most popular roboadvisors are companies like Betterment and Wealthfront (read our Wealthfront review). You open an account, deposit money, and they manage the portfolio on your behalf for a small fee on top […]

What’s one of your biggest monthly expenses? After housing and a car payment, chances are it’s probably your cable and internet package. For us, after housing and daycare, the next largest expense is our monthly payment to Verizon for our Fios Internet and cable. So it would make sense that if you want to try […]

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Jim Wang is a thirty-something father of two who has been featured in the New York Times, Baltimore Sun, Entrepreneur, and Marketplace Money.

He can show you the philosophies, strategies and methods he used to become financially independent and free to pursue what was important. He also found it awkward to write about himself in the 3rd person but here we are.

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